Title: Cherished and Private Car Number Plate Specialists - Car MarksDescriptive info: .. Supplying Personalised Registrations since 1969 - call 01482 222 223.. Call for a personal and specialist service:.. 01482.. 222 223.. Home.. Buying Plates.. Number Plate Search.. Selling Plates.. Auctions.. Information.. Number Plate FAQ's.. Fully Managed Transfers.. Personal Buying Assistance.. Our Selling Service.. About Cherished Plates.. About the DVLA.. Contact.. Start your number plate search:.. Enter up to 3 letters or numbers.. Exact Search Only.. View the plates on offer at the next Car Registration Auction.. Numbers featuring at the next auction ».. Want to see how a number plate would look on your own car, or just make ... of transferring the plate from the buyer to your car, taking care of the paperwork inbetween.. Learn More ».. Popular Plates.. 90 RD.. J8 UDY.. RM 1.. Proud History.. Car Marks are the longest serving number plate specialists having been established in 1969.. We have extensive & expert knowledge in the field of number plate registration and can answer any questions or concerns you may have.. Read our FAQ ».. Car Marks.. PO BOX 99.. HULL.. HU1 3EZ.. Buying plates.. Selling plates.. Car Marks are a member of.. The Institute of Registration Agents and Dealers.. Web Design.. by Eye Web..

Title: Buying Car PlatesDescriptive info: Buying Car Plates.. Search for a plate.. For your convenience protection we are authorised to accept payment by most credit and debit cards.. Apart from the obvious convenience and insurance protection provided by the credit card Company, you can also be confident that we can instantly reserve a personalised number plate with this method.. We also accept payments by cheque and bank transfers.. We are pleased to make available an extensive selection of private car number plates and DVLA registration plates.. Select your private car number plate now from our ... within 3 to 4 working days, although some cherished plates may take a little longer due to the nature of the paperwork involved and DVLA inspections that now take place on all vehicles over 15 years old.. Almost all donor vehicles over 15 years old now require an inspection by the Local Vehicle Licensing Office to check the authenticity of the vehicle number plate, this can add an additional 2 weeks or more to the length of the transfer completion.. View a plate on your car.. Have you tried your initials?..

Title: Selling Private PlatesDescriptive info: Selling Private Plates.. Car Marks are one of the few cash buyers in the industry, as well as being successful brokers in selling registrations on behalf of others.. With a substantial advertising budget and a very extensive client database we are able to give your number maximum exposure at no cost to you.. Over forty years of experience means that the valuations we provide are realistic - unlike some companies who overvalue your personalised number plate to attract your business and then come back offering you considerably less.. It is a very competitive and transparent market and cherished registrations have to be priced realistically to sell.. We will advertise your registration Free of Charge, adding a small margin on top of the returnable figure.. The figure we quote you relates to cleared funds, no deductions for advertising or admin.. On finding a purchaser we shall prepare the application and submit it for transfer.. If the number is currently held on a vehicle it must hold a current tax disc and MOT certificate (or these must have expired within the last 12 months).. Your vehicle will automatically be issued with an age-related ... Entitlement, it would need a change of nominee details on the document, which is done via the DVLA.. Upon receipt of the amended certificate the transaction will be finalised.. You have the right to cancel this agreement at any time providing we have not already sold the registration.. You must inform us in writing if the vehicle is scrapped or the number is no longer available before we have found a buyer.. If you dispose of the vehicle or registration number, or if you wish us to withdraw the number from sale, you must notify us in writing (please keep proof of postage) before we have found a buyer.. If we find a buyer prior to your cancellation, we shall expect to receive the documents within 5 working days.. Failure to inform us your registration is no longer available will result in charges for our services for lost commission in the sum of £100 plus vat.. Your registration mark will be advertised until we are advised otherwise.. Please correct the following errors:-.. Name:.. *.. Address.. Email:.. Phone:.. Number Plate:.. Current Plate Status:.. Tax/Tested Vehicle.. Retention.. Amount Required:.. * indicates a required field..

Title: Frequently Asked QuestionsDescriptive info: Frequently Asked Questions.. What is a prefix registration?.. Prefix registrations contain the year identifier at the beginning of a registration eg A123 ABC.. What is a suffix registration?.. Suffix registrations contain the year identifier at the end of a registration eg ABC 123Y.. What documents do I need to buy a registration number?.. If you are buying a number to go onto a vehicle straight away then you will need to provide your V5 Registration Certificate (Log Book) , MOT Certificate if applicable and a copy of your tax disc.. What is a current style registration?.. Current style registrations consist of two letters, a two digit age identifier and finally three letters eg AB51 ABC.. What is a dateless registration?.. Dateless registrations do not contain a year identifier and can consist of a number combination followed by a letter combination and vice versa eg ABC 123.. I have seen my registration number on your website, but it is not for sale and I haven't given permission for it to be advertised.. Why is it listed?.. We advertise our own stock along with other reputable number plate dealers and for private individuals, our information come from many different sources and we may be given inaccurate information.. Occasionally a typing error may occur when details are entered onto our systems resulting in the listing of a combination that is in fact not for sale.. Also, there are occasions when a donor has failed to advise us of the sale and subsequent non-availability of a number.. If you have seen your registration listed and would like to provide us with further information or simply want us to remove it from our website, please send an email to info@carmarks.. net.. Please remember to specify the registration in question and your contact details for confirmation.. How do I get a specific number released if it has never been issued?.. There are no guarantees of having any registration number issued that does not exist.. Some marks are not issued because they are considered offensive or inappropriate, others just never made it to issue over the years.. How can I safeguard my entitlement to a number?.. Entitlement to a number is the right of the registered keeper of a vehicle to apply to have the number transferred to another vehicle.. The keeper is also entitled to apply to have the number put on retention.. It is important to note that the keeper may apply, but the application will only be granted if all the conditions relating to the retention and transfer facilities are satisfied.. You can help to safeguard your entitlement, therefore, by ensuring that your vehicle is able to meet these conditions.. If you no longer have the vehicle which properly displays the number (ie it is in someone else's keepership or has been scrapped, broken up, destroyed or exported) then your entitlement to the number ceases.. What if my vehicle is stolen and not recovered?.. If your vehicle is stolen and has not been recovered after a year you can apply to have its registration number re-assigned to your replacement vehicle providing certain conditions are met.. In order to qualify the theft must have been notified to the police and recorded at DVLA as stolen for not less than 12 months.. In addition, at the time of the theft the vehicle must have had a current MOT and have had a current tax disc.. The Agency will also require a letter from your insurers confirming that they have no objection to the number being re-issued.. This must be provided because once insurers have settled your claim, they have a rightful claim to the vehicle should it be recovered.. What if my vehicle is written off ?.. A write-off happens when a damaged vehicle is judged by insurers to be beyond economic repair.. In such a case, the insurance company agrees a sum to be paid to the insured, and legal ownership of the vehicle then passes to the insurance company.. The company is then free to sell the vehicle as salvage and the purchaser may repair it and put it back on the road.. Unless you transfer the registration to another vehicle or a retention document you risk losing your entitlement to that registration.. What if my vehicle has been scrapped?.. Scrapping occurs when a vehicle, whether an insurance write-off or not, is broken up for spares or otherwise destroyed.. Once a vehicle ceases to exist its registration number is cancelled.. If your vehicle has been scrapped, you will ... will automatically pass with the vehicle to the new keeper unless the number is transferred or retained beforehand.. The Cherished Transfer and Retention Schemes.. The Cherished Transfer Scheme enables an assigned registration number to be moved directly from one vehicle to another.. Only the registered keeper of a vehicle is entitled to apply to transfer its number.. Application form V317 must be completed and the fee for a transfer is 80 (at time of publication).. If the vehicle which is receiving the number in a cherished transfer is already registered, its existing number will become void unless an application to transfer or retain that number is made at the same time.. The Retention Scheme enables a number to be held apart from the vehicle it has been assigned to, for a 12 month period pending its re-assignment to another vehicle.. Only the registered keeper of a vehicle is entitled to apply for a right of retention.. Application form V317 must be completed and the application fee is £25 plus an assignment fee of £80, bringing the total payable to £105 (at time of publication).. Successful applicants are issued with a V778 Retention Document, valid for 12 months, which records details of the registration number, the grantee (the applicant), and nominee details where supplied in the application.. If, after you have received your document, you wish to add or change nominee details, you will need to apply to DVLA, returning your document together with a fee of £25.. Once you have assigned the retained number to your, or your nominee's, vehicle you have fully exercised your rights under the terms of the retention facility.. After assignment, entitlement to the number comes through being the keeper of the vehicle which has received it.. Only the keeper is entitled to apply for further retention or transfer of the number.. If the vehicle which is receiving the retained number is already registered, its existing number will become void unless an application to retain or transfer that number is made at the same time.. The V317 form contain notes for guidance and are available from DVLA and your nearest Vehicle Registration Office.. Before you apply, check your V5 registration Document to make sure that the number is transferable.. If it is not, it will say so on the V5.. If the registration document states that the registration number is non-transferable, then it cannot be retained either.. However, the vehicle may still be eligible to receive a cherished mark (this does not usually apply if the vehicle has a Q registration).. You should also check to make sure that the conditions for the transfer and retention schemes can be compiled with.. These conditions are as follows :-.. Vehicles must be available for inspection if requested by DVLA.. The inspection helps to verify entitlement to the registration number being transferred/retained.. Both the donor (the vehicle giving up the number) and the recipient (the vehicle receiving the number) may be called for inspection.. Vehicles must be subject to MOT / HGV test.. You are not able to transfer/retain numbers from non-testable vehicles such as agricultural tractors and milk floats.. Only testable vehicles can participate in transfers and retentions and valid test certificates must be sent with applications.. Vehicles must be currently taxed, or in the process of being taxed.. The application will still be considered, however, where the last tax disc expired within six months of the date of application.. If the license has been voluntarily surrendered for refund, the six-month concession does not normally apply.. A replacement tax disc will be issued, and the MOT certificate - where applicable - will be endorsed to show that the vehicle's number has changed.. Finally, registration documents showing the changed registration number will be sent out from DVLA to the keeper.. In the case of a retention application, a V778 Retention Document, valid for 12 months, will also be sent to the grantee.. You should not dispose of the vehicle until the application has been fully completed and you have received the amended registration documents.. If you dispose of the vehicle too soon, you may lose entitlement to the cherished mark.. Once your transfer has been successfully completed you must inform your insurers of the vehicle's new registration number.. When I buy a personalised registration mark, do I have to put it straight onto a vehicle?.. No.. If it has been supplied on a retention certificate you have until the expiry date shown on your V750 or V778 to put the mark onto a vehicle..

Title: Fully Managed TransfersDescriptive info: When you purchase a personalised registration from us we offer you our Fully Managed Transfer Service free of charge, be it when you purchase the number or when you first assign it to a vehicle in the future.. We can still offer this service even if you did not purchase the private number plate from us or when you wish to transfer or retain the cherished plate in the future.. There would be a small administration charge for this service..

Title: Personal Buying AssistanceDescriptive info: You can search and buy online using our secure website or contact one of our experienced sales staff for friendly assistance.. Our sales team do not work on a commission basis so there is no hard sell, just honest friendly advice.. When you have found the number you would like to purchase, make sure that it can be transferred to your vehicle.. (You cannot transfer a number plate to a vehicle to make it appear newer than it is, eg, a car that originally bore a 'T' year prefix plate may not display ... have a vehicle to transfer the number plate to or you are buying it as a surprise present for someone, you may still purchase your registration and retain it on a certificate until you are ready to transfer it.. This is available with the majority of personalised registration numbers but not all.. Buy online or call us now on 01482 222 223.. We can also supply you with a set of acrylic number plates at competitive prices.. These are the actual plastic plates that fit on your car to display your personal registration..

Title: Our Selling ServiceDescriptive info: Selling your registration is easy - we handle the whole process for you from finding a buyer to taking care of the paperwork!.. We are one of the few cash buyers in the number plate trade meaning we buy personalised number plates for our own stock as well as selling them on your behalf acting as your agent.. Simply ... you have for sale and tell us how much you want for the registration.. If we do not buy your number outright for stock we shall advertise it (at no charge to yourself) and will inform you of any offers we receive that may be below your asking price, however, the decision to sell or not remains with yourself..

Title: About Cherished PlatesDescriptive info: In the early 20th century motor vehicles began to appear on the roads of Britain and there were sufficient numbers for the government to introduce the Motor Car Act, which legally obliged every car owner to display a car number plate.. The legendary A 1 number plate (first registered to Earl Russell in December 1903) remains shrouded in mystery and many car number plate aficionados see this as the holy grail of private number plates.. From January 1st 1904 every motor vehicle used on British roads required a registration number with each local council assigning their own code, London was A, for example.. When single letters ran out, two letters were used (although some double-letter combinations were discounted because it was considered they could cause offence or as in the case of "ER" already had a designated significance.. ).. The numbers of cars gradually began to increase, so the efficacy of the old numbering system began to decline.. By 1932 the system had expanded to include three letters and three numbers.. After the Second World War this was changed around to three numbers and then three letters.. These plates are still widely available and prices range from a ... the system changed yet again to the New Style Registrations, this new style of registration was influenced by the Police to take account that suggested witnesses, particularly in hit and run incidents, remember the letters of a registration mark much more easily than the numbers.. As people read from left to right it made sense to put this information, the local code, at the beginning rather than the end of the number plate.. As the result the current system for registrations is made up of 3 parts, as shown below.. Local Region.. This represents the place where the car was first registered.. Vehicles registered in Birmingham, for example, begin with the letters BA – BY; those registered in Chelmsford begin EA - EY.. Date ID.. This indicates the date of registration of the vehicle, and changes every 6 months, in March and September.. The system started with the use of 51 to denote the 6 months from September 2001, with 02 replacing it in March 2002.. 52 then denotes September 2002, 03 denotes March 2003 and so on.. Random.. The last three letters are random to any vehicle, and can now include Z but not I or Q..